SOAP | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of soap in English soapnoun uk /səʊp/ us /soʊp/ Add to word list Add to word list A2 [ U or C ] a substance used for washing the body or other things: a bar of soap liquid soap soap and water a soap dish/dispenser soap bubbles She bought me a box of nice-smelling soaps.US To get rid of grease spots on clothing, rub a little dish soap on the spot before washing.   Gabriele Ritz/EyeEm/GettyImages B1 [ C ] informal a soap opera

• This soap is kinder to the skin.
• There was no soap, so I just rinsed my hands with water.

Toiletry & perfumes

• aftershave
• agarbatti
• bath bomb
• bath salts
• binturong
• emery board
• mouthwash
• musk
• nail scissors
• sanitary
• shave
• shower gel
• SPF
• swab
• tea tree oil
• toiletry bag
• toothpick
• unscented
• washbag
• wax melt

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Cleaning agents Broadcasting: programmes & other broadcasts soapverb [ T ] uk /səʊp/ us /soʊp/ to put soap on something: Have you soaped yourself all over, Alice? Let me soap your back. Synonym lather Personal care - general words

• amenity kit
• baby face
• baby wipe
• baby-faced
• beach body
• bubble bath
• fat-shame
• fat-shaming
• fatphobia
• fatphobic
• flossing
• scrub
• scrub up well idiom
• shave
• spruce
• wash (something) up phrasal verb
• weak-chinned
• well groomed
• whirlpool bath
• windblown

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soap | American Dictionary

soapnoun [ U ] us /soʊp/ Add to word list Add to word list a substance used with water for washing or cleaning, or a block of this substance: liquid soap soapverb [ I/T ] us /soʊp/ to rub or cover someone or something with soap: [ I ] He soaped up and then rinsed off. (Definition of soap from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of soap

soap Thus, patients at this institution are now advised to continue with their normal skin care routine using lotion, deodorant and soap. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, the media, particularly teenage magazines, and soap operas, were identified as major culprits by most of the staff. From the Cambridge English Corpus The syntagmatic strand is understood as the causal chain of events, the ongoing, developing 'story' of the soap. From the Cambridge English Corpus These commodities are soap, wood, coal, and nails by weight (used in construction and repairs). From the Cambridge English Corpus This equation governs for instance the shape of a soap film stretched between two circular rings. From the Cambridge English Corpus Any reported use of soap was verified by screening for the presence of soap in the unit. From the Cambridge English Corpus Graded teacher-talk in the classroom, motherese, international business negotiations between nonnative speakers and scripted television soap operas would all be classified as authentic. From the Cambridge English Corpus When you go to the bathroom, every piece of soap around is identical, so they're very much into predictability. From the Cambridge English Corpus No soap or change of clothes was allowed. From the Cambridge English Corpus Cages were washed with soap and rinsed with clean water between trials to remove any residues from the previous treatment. From the Cambridge English Corpus The conclusion of this line of reasoning is absurd: protoconsciousness of soap bubbles. From the Cambridge English Corpus They were given no soap and no instructions for hand washing. From the Cambridge English Corpus At first, soap bubbles filled with various gases were tried, but this approach was soon abandoned. From the Cambridge English Corpus If a soap bubble has any form of primal consciousness, that protoconsciousness would be of an elastic spherical form under stress, as a unitary gestalt. From the Cambridge English Corpus The clean and moist socks were new and had been washed once without soap. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of soap These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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daytime soapHe also appeared in a daytime soap opera under his real name. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.   hand soapLano liquid hand soap was launched in 1989, with a compact soap dispenser being introduced in 1993. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.   liquid soapI gave the example of liquid soap being sold in 20 fluid oz. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0   These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with soap What is the pronunciation of soap?

Translations of soap

in Chinese (Traditional) 肥皂, 連續劇，肥皂劇（同 soap opera）, 在…上塗肥皂… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 肥皂, 连续剧，肥皂剧（同 soap opera）, 在…上涂肥皂… See more in Spanish jabón, culebrón, telenovela… See more in Portuguese sabonete, sabão, novela de televisão… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Russian in Telugu in Arabic in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian साबण… See more 石けん, （テレビの）メロドラマ, 連続ドラマ… See more sabun, bir grup insanın hayatlarını anlatan ve her hafta yayınlanan televizyon programı, sabunlamak… See more savon [masculine], soap [masculine], feuilleton [masculine]… See more sabó, serial, telenovel·la… See more zeep, inzepen… See more உடல் அல்லது பிற விஷயங்களைக் கழுவுவதற்குப் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் ஒரு பொருள்… See more साबुन… See more સાબુ… See more sæbe, sæbe ind… See more tvål, tvåla in… See more sabun, menyabunkan… See more die Seife, einseifen… See more såpe [masculine], såpeopera [masculine], såpe… See more صابن… See more мило, намилювати, мити(ся) милом… See more мыло, сериал, мыльная опера… See more సబ్బు… See more صابون, مُسَلْسَل… See more সাবান… See more mýdlo, (na)mydlit… See more sabun, menyabuni… See more สบู่, ถูด้วยสบู่… See more xà bông, xát xà bông… See more mydło, telenowela, mydlić… See more 비누, 드라마… See more sapone, telenovela, insaponare… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of soap

• soap opera
• dish soap
• soft-soap
• liquid soap
• soap dodger
• soap flakes
• toilet soap

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